Corn-husking machine.



No. 743,651. PATEN'TED Nov. 1o, 1903..

H. T. MINIGK.

CORN HUSKING MACHNE.

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@Nr-ren STATES Patented November 10, 1903.

'PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT T. MINICK, OF NEMAHA, NEBRASKA, VASSIGNOR OF ONElTl'llRD TO CHARLES T. MINICK, OF BRACKEN, NEBRASKA.

CORN-l-'IUSKING lVlACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,651, dated November 10, 1903.

Application led October 20,1902. Serial No. 128,000. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may core/cern:

Be it known that I, Herinner T. Minion, a citizen of the United States, residing at Neinaha, in the county of Nemaha and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Corn-Husking Machine, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved corn gatherer and husking machine, and .has for its object the gathering of growing corn, leaving the stalk standing, to strip the husk and silk from the corn, and then elevate same into a Wagon.

I am aware of the fact that corn-harvesters have been invented with these same objects in view, and the novelty of myimprovement lies in the construction employed.

view about on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Briefly my improvement comprises a wheeled frame having upright corrugated revoluble shafts converging and intermeshing at their upper ends and adapted to permit the cornstalks to pass between them, but taking od the ears and dropping them on a conveyer leading to a husking device, from which the corn is elevated to a wagon. As the corrugated shaftsV are of considerable length, corn Will be gathered from the stalk whether the ear is near the ground or formed at some distance above it, and this without risk of tearing and mutilating the stalk, as is the case with machines where the stalk is passed lengthwise through the gathering devlce.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional Fig. 4 is a detailsection about on the line 4 4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a view of the rear end of the machine. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on about the line 6 6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken through the stripping-rollers. Fig. 2a is a plan View showingthe decks. Fig. 2b is a sectional view through the decks.

In carrying out my improvement I employ a rectangular box-frame A, supported at one side by the wheel B, rigidly mounted on-the revoluble stub-axle C, journaled at its innerv end in a suitable box C. Parallel to and a short distance from the frame A on the side 1 upper ends.

opposite the wheel B is a frame A', supported y on its outerside by a wheel B', carried by the stub-axle C2, journaled at its inner end in lthe same way as the axle C. A yoke D consprocket-wheel to the sprocket-wheel F8, carried by the revoluble axle O2.

Mounted on the frames A A', respectively, and to the rear ol' the screw F2 are two revoluble upright converging corrugated rollers G, carrying intermeshing gears G at their l At their lower ends the rollers are journaled on the block F and the crossbeam H, respectively, and at their upper ends in the cross bar E. To the front of the frames extend the guards and shields Il', tapering to a point and curved outwardly. At the rear of the guard l is a stationary deck l2, which protects the screw F2, the latter projecting just far enough from beneath one side ot the deck to enable it to catch and draw in the stalks. Opposite to this deck are two hinged decks l3 I4, the'deck I3 having a curved front edge, which is engaged by the stalks and the deckl raised. A lip l5 is carried by this deck on its lower service, which engages the deck I4 and raises it. As soon as the stalk has passed the iirst deck the deck falls behind it, and the stalk is guided by the second deck to the rollers G.

For convenience and to prevent confusion the passage-way between the frames A A will be termed J. On the forward part of the frame A is mounted an endlessconveyer K, leading upward from the passage .l and having the side pieces K and cleats K2. To drive this conveyor, a cog-wheel L is carried within the wheel B, which meshes with a cog L', carried by a shaft L2, the cog L being controlled by a sliding sleeve L3 of any preferred construction operated by a suitable handle and adapted to carry the cog L' into and out of engagement with the cog L. On the shaft is a beveled gear L4, which meshes with the beveled gear L3, carried by the inner end of the shaft LG, which is journaled in brackets L7, and at the end of the shaft is a sprocket-wheel L3. At its upper end the conveyer-belt K passes around a shaft K3, which carries a sprocket L3, and a chain L10 passes over the sprocket-wheels L3 L3. In the rear of this conveyer, parallel with the passage J and commencing at the front of the machine, are the downwardly-converging guideways M, supported by the uprights M'.

Below and between these guideways are thev rearwardly and downwardly inclined rollers M3, carried by shafts M3, journaled in the front and rear members of the frame A. The rollers M2 are spaced slightly apart and are studded with pins M4, adapted to pass those on the opposite roller. One of the shafts M3 carries a sprocket M3, over which passes the chain L3. An idler L11-holds the chain in engagement with the sprocket M3. At their rear ends the shafts M3 carry intermeshing gears M6. The rollers M2 do not extend to the extreme rear of the frame A, but terminate at the foot of an elevator arranged between the rollers and the rear of the frame.

This elevator comprises the side members N,

the endless belt N', and cleats N.2 and projects laterally and upwardly from the frame A. The belt N receives motion from a shaft N3 at its lower end, around which the belt passes. The shaft N3 is driven from the shaft L3, as follows: A sprocket-wheel O is secured on the shaft L3, and at the rear of the frame, journaled in brackets O' and parallel to the shaft L3, is a short shaft O3, carrying a sprocket-wheel O3 in alinement with the sprocket O, and a sprocket-chain O4 passes over the sprocket-wheels. The shaft N3 carries a beveled gear N4 at its rear end, which meshes with a beveled gear O3, carried by the shaft O3. At the end of the shaft L2 is a beveled gear P', meshing with the gear P, formed on the lower end of the currugated roller G, journaled in the main frame A. It will be seen, therefore, that both conveyers, the corrugated and the studded rollers all receive motion from the cog-wheel L and can be thrown into and out of operation through the medium of the sliding sleeve L3 and cog L'.

The inclination of the conveyer N can be regulated by means of a lever Q, rack Q', and link Q3, all of ordinary construction. The tongue R is supported by brace-rods R', secured at one end to either side of the tongue, their inner ends being bent laterally and passed through eyes secured to the front of the frame. To one of these rods intermediate its ends is secured a short link R2, to

which is pivoted a rod R3', connected at its 6.5

rear end to a lever R4, engaging a rack-segment R5. does not extend to the frame, and hence can be raised or lowered, the brace-rods turning in the eyes, and can be locked in any adjusted position by the leverengaging the rack.

On a platform S,supported above the main frame by suitable uprights and braces, is the seat S.

Back of the conveyerK is an upright rearwardly-inclined shield T, having a flange T', adapted to prevent corn from falling to the rear of the conveyer. Y

In operation my harvester is driven through the field of corn, the guards I l' passing on opposite sides of the corn-rows. The stalks pass between these `guards andbetween the upright rollers G, which pinch off the ears, whether growing high or low on the stalk, and throw them on the conveyer K, which passes them to the rollers M3. The ears will travel down along these rollers to the elevator N, the pins M4 strippingthe husk from the ears and forcing it through the rollers. The conveyer N elevates the husked ears intoa wagon driven along by the side of the conveyer.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A device of the kind described comprisind a double frame adapted to permit the passage of cornstalks therethrough, strippingrollers carried by said frame, an elevator at one side of the frame, downwardly and rearwardly inclined rollers having intermeshing pins adapted to convey corn to the elevator, a conveyer adapted to convey corn to the rollers, front and rear swinging decks hinged adjacent the receiving end of the conveyer, the front deck having acurved forward edge, means for guiding corn to said decks and means carried by the front deck for raising the rear deck.

2. A corn-husking machine comprising a main frame, a side frame connected to and spaced apart from the main frame by vertical yokes, a corrugated vertical roller carried by each frame said rollers converging and intermeshing at their upper ends, means for guiding stalks to said rollers, an endless conveyer arranged on themain frame in advance of and 'at right angles to said rollers, rearwardly and downwardly inclined huskingrollers, the upper ends of said rollers being adjacent to but below the delivery end of the endless conveyer, and means arranged at the lower ends of the husking-rollers for elevating ears of corn to a Wagon.

HERBERT T. MINICK.

Witnesses:

D. W. MAXWELL, A. R. TrrUs.

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